Do I have a shot; or should I just give up?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello all;</p>

<p>I was wondering what my chances are for UVa or UWashington (Seattle), as a computer science or business applicant (CArtsSciences).</p>

<p>Resume:</p>

<p>School Profile:
Student in magnet program for science, mathematics and technology (by application)
Silver-medal school</p>

<p>Academic Profile:
UW GPA: 3.38 (fresh. (3.12uw; 3.97 w), soph. (3.28uw; 4.45w); jun. (3.56uw; 4.76w))
W GPA: 4.39
Class rank: ~top 10-15%
Courses of interest completed:
All Honors-level or AP classes-
OF NOTE:
Honors:
Introduction to Engineering Honors
Advanced Engineering Honors
AP Courses:
AP Psychology
AP Biology
AP English 11
AP Spanish
AP Statistics
AP USH
(4/5 on every AP test taken to-date, [THROUGH JUNIOR Year])</p>

<p>Senior courses: AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP English 12, Advanced Engineering Honors, Biomedical Engineering, Mathematical Modeling & Advanced Mathematics Topics (Honors)</p>

<p>*Bad math gpa-3.00 [Geometry (C); Algebra II (C); Trigonometry (B); Statistics (A)]</p>

<p>Standardized Testing:
SAT I: 710 Math; 710 Critical Reading; 750 Writing (1420 two-score; 2170 total)
SAT II Biology: 770
SAT II Math 2: 710
SAT II Math 1: 710
SAT II United States History: 760</p>

<p>Activities:
*I have more, but my main focus is devoted to these:
(10hrs/wk) FIRST Robotics (leadership; heavily involved)
(2hrs/wk) Forensics (public speaking) (leadership; heavily involved)
(1hr/week) Chess Team
(1hr/week) Medical Club
(1hr/week) Battle of the Brains
Work:
Tutor (Kumon)
11hrs. per week</p>

<p>I have an internet blog that concerns my personal robotics projects </p>

<p>Other:
Science-
Some lab research
Volunteer at Hospital & Sci. Museum</p>

<p>Heritage:
Underrepresented minority? (first-gen., North African)</p>

<p>Languages:
English
Spanish
Coptic
Arabic</p>

<p>Skills:
AutoCAD
AutodeskInventor
Basic programming (HTML, XML, CSS, C etc...)</p>

<p>Awards:
Science fairs
Forensics competitions
PSAT Commendation
AP Scholar</p>

<p>Will be considered a Virginia in-stater when applying. My sister attends UVa, and my dad attended and worked at UWashington (Seattle), as well as some of my cousins.
With good recommendation letters and essays, do I have a chance?</p>

<p>Thanks, guys.</p>

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<p>Can anyone help me?</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a decent shot at all the schools because of you ethnicity. you have decent grades and a very rigorous courseload</p>

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<p>I have no idea about uwashington, but I would say you have a good shot at UVA, especially applying in-state</p>

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<p>Thanks, guys! Does anyone else have an opinion? My junior yr. grades mentioned above are actually representative of what will hopefully be “worst-case scenario”. Is there anything else I can do in the one year I have left? What about an internship? Would that help?</p>